Tag Archives: Maria Callas

Tonight I saw Tom Volf’s 2017 documentary Maria by Callas at TIFF. With the exception of a brief interview with her singing teacher Elvira de Hidalgo, the film is entirely an account of Maria Callas in her own words, that … Continue reading →

Is it a competition? To some extent. Both Richard Wagner & Claude Debussy used the metaphor of the circus acrobat to describe the virtuoso dynamic with an appreciative audience. Whether we’re speaking of singers or instrumentalists, there is an implicit … Continue reading →

Simone Osborne will be taking the lead role of Gilda in the Canadian Opera Company’s new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto in September 2011. I ask her ten questions: five about her and five about her upcoming role. 1) Which … Continue reading →